
Pig Agskills
Practical skills on the care of pigs. Covers pig husbandry, health care, breeding programs for sows and raising piglets. Highlights animal welfare standards for pigs.
This book includes both meat and egg production, breeds, rearing, health, housing and nutrition. Extensive section of case studies.
Title | Getting started in free range poultry |
---|---|
Author(s) | |
Pages | 176 |
ISBN | 978 0 7313 0623 7 |
Catalogue number | B728 |
Year published | 2010 |
Publisher | NSW Department of Primary Industries |
Price | $36.00AUD (inc GST) |
Paperback / Hardback - $36.00 | Buy now |
eBook - $17.99 (iPad/iPhone) |
![]() |
eBook - $17.99 (PC/Android) |
![]() |
Pig Agskills
Practical skills on the care of pigs. Covers pig husbandry, health care, breeding programs for sows and raising piglets. Highlights animal welfare standards for pigs.
Beef Agskills
A step-by-step guide to basic beef skills and practices, including many diagrams and colour photos. Covers general safety precautions, animal welfare, quality assurance, drafting and counting cattle, mouthing, drenching, vaccinations, dehorning calves, heat detection, calving problems, weaning and paddock appraisal.
Poultry Agskills
Get started in backyard poultry with this basic guide. Includes breeding, rearing, housing, feeding, flock health, safety and animal welfare. Plenty of photos and diagrams to show you what to do.
Horse Agskills
A basic guide to many of the skills used when handling, riding and caring for horses. Includes buying a horse, daily horse care, assessment of confirmation, lunging, vaccinating, drenching, hoof care, dentition, loading a horse onto a float, care of equipment, safety and animal welfare.
Sheep Agskills
A guide to the basics of handling and caring for sheep, with step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and colour pictures. Includes safety precautions, animal welfare, quality assurance, catching and handling mouthing, drenching, vaccinating, crutching, foot trimming, lambing and individual identification.
Goat Agskills
Shows how to provide shelter for goats, trim hooves, drench, vaccinate, tattoo, disbud, eartag and milk goats by hand or using a machine. Also covers buying a goat, kidding, show preparation, record keeping, health problems, quality assurance, animal welfare and safety.
Want to find out about news, events, courses and publications?